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« on: April 12, 2009, 11:34:55 AM » |
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In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."
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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2009, 11:36:35 AM » |
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2009, 12:53:12 PM » |
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Don't think it's up to date, I never heard ANYTHING but "POP" while living in the Oklahoma / Canadian / Kingfisher County area's of OKC, but they have them painted red?
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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2009, 01:00:27 PM » |
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I live in a divided household. To me its Soda. My wife, who is from Detroit, calls it Pop. When she mentioned pop for the first time, while dating, I had no idea of what she was talking about. Growing up, my grandmother in Hillsborough County used to call it "soda water."
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« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2009, 01:12:20 PM » |
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I grew up with Pop but have evolved to Soda. I use Coke for any cola since Coke is the only cola I will drink. Pepsi is an also ran pretender...  |
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In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."
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« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2009, 01:47:55 PM » |
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I have this crazy methodology that I use. When I want a Coke, I say Coke. When I want a Pepsi, I say Pepsi. The same goes for Dr. Pepper, Sprite, 7up, Coke Zero, Mountain Dew A&W root beer etc etc. The list goes on...
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« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2009, 01:50:01 PM » |
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where I grew up, we called it soda
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« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2009, 08:26:23 PM » |
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When ordering a specific drink, a specific drink is obviously stated: "I would like a Dr. Pepper please." That is not the point of the question. As far as I am concerned, the generic term for ALL soft drinks is "Coke". Just like the generic term for all facial tissue is "kleenex".
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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2009, 09:15:22 PM » |
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How bout' some "sodapop"? Too old fashioned; I'll go with soda.  |
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« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2009, 12:30:33 PM » |
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^ That's a good one! But to say is accurately you have to say "Sody Pop" with your best country accent!
I call is soda. Born and raised here. My wife's family is from Ohio and calls it pop.
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« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2009, 12:43:44 PM » |
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I thought the point of the question is to find out what people ask for when ordering a soft drink. I call it by the actual name. Technically, soft drink/soda/ pop/cola is the generic term, but how can you call anything a coke when it's not at all?
"yeah i bought a new chevy but it's actually a volkswagen!"
Back in the day when there were only a few choices I could see the coke/soda/pop thing flying but why bother saying "i'll have a soda/pop/softdrink"
Because right after they're going to ask:
"what kind sir, we have this, this, this and this"
"Oh i'll have a coke"
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« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2009, 12:46:47 PM » |
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I don't believe for one second that 50-80 percent of Duval County's populace indiscriminately calls carbonated beverages "coke." Wouldn't that lead to this exchange on an annoyingly regular basis?:
"I'll have a coke."
"What kind of coke?"
"A Sprite."
Just doesn't happen. I hear (and say) soda the most, for sure.
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« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2009, 12:50:23 PM » |
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I don't believe for one second that 50-80 percent of Duval County's populace indiscriminately calls carbonated beverages "coke." Wouldn't that lead to this exchange on an annoyingly regular basis?:
"I'll have a coke."
"What kind of coke?"
"A Sprite."
Just doesn't happen. I hear (and say) soda the most, for sure.
In the south, it doesn't matter what form of carbonated beverage (non-alcholoic of course) you get its always a coke |
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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2009, 01:02:01 PM » |
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I thought the point of the question is to find out what people ask for when ordering a soft drink. I call it by the actual name. Technically, soft drink/soda pop/cola is the generic term, but how can you call anything a coke when it's not at all?
"yeah i bought a new chevy but it's actually a volkswagen!"
Back in the day when there were only a few choices I could see the coke/soda/pop thing flying but why bother saying "i'll have a soda/pop/softdrink"
Because right after they're going to ask:
"what kind sir, we have this, this, this and this"
"Oh i'll have a coke"
I think they mean more what do you refer to it as.... like if you said "Hey can you grab me a soda outta the fridge". I grew up in NY / NJ, so I say soda... My friend from Ohio says Pop and still does even though she hasn't lived there in 10+ years... Another one is Iced Tea (well that's what I call it... whether it's sweet or not) ... took me a long to get used to Sweet Tea or Unsweet Tea. |
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« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2009, 01:12:19 PM » |
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I don't believe for one second that 50-80 percent of Duval County's populace indiscriminately calls carbonated beverages "coke." Wouldn't that lead to this exchange on an annoyingly regular basis?:
"I'll have a coke."
"What kind of coke?"
"A Sprite."
Just doesn't happen. I hear (and say) soda the most, for sure.
In the south, it doesn't matter what form of carbonated beverage (non-alcholoic of course) you get its always a coke No way! I've worked in many a restaurant in the South, and if people wanted a Sprite, they asked for a Sprite. If they wanted a Dr. Pepper, they asked for a Dr. Pepper. I did, however, have a friend from Kentucky who called every soda coke, but she also only drank coke. I wonder if she ever wanted something different, and wondered why she always got the same brown beverage. Maybe the same goes for most of Duval County, but I have my doubts. |
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